Guo Huai fell into hesitation.

The Northern Army of the Shu Thieves did enter Guanzhong in advance as he guessed, which means that in theory, they may be counter-surrounded by the superior forces of the Shu thieves at any time.

It stands to reason that Guo Huai's best solution now is to lead the troops to withdraw from the right side of the wind and keep the Wuguan.

But. The operation of the Northern Army of Shu thieves made Guo Huai see the possibility of a reversal.

If the Shu thieves are tens of thousands of troops, then Guo Huai doesn't have to think about it at all, it's still too late to withdraw the troops.

But the northern army of Shu thieves actually came with less than 10,000 people, to be specific, there were only seven or eight thousand infantry soldiers, and the light soldiers rushed to rescue Huaili, and the main army is still crossing the river.

Guo Huai, who had the experience of withdrawing troops in Weishui, knew very well how much time it would take to cross tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, as well as the supply of grain, grass and ordnance. There are no three or five days, and I can't get by at all.

And this time difference, in Guo Huai's view, is not that it is impossible to attack the 8,000 northern army of the Shu thieves, and even eat this army in one fell swoop.

And even if he takes a step back, from the perspective of evacuating Youfufeng, if he can defeat the vanguard of the Shu army in one fell swoop, then when he retreats in the future, Guo Huai does not have to worry about having chasing soldiers behind him, and even, he may only need to retreat to the fortress group of Youfufeng, and he will have enough time to use these fortress groups to resist the counterattack of the Shu thieves, and he can still retain a forward base in Youfufeng, and he does not need to completely retreat to Wuguan.

For Guo Huai now, retreating is naturally the safest choice, but it is a bit embarrassing. The battle is not without hope of winning, but it needs to be resolved quickly, once he is dragged by the Shu thief, then he wants to retreat, I am afraid it will not be so easy.

Guo Huai thought about it for a while, and finally made his own decision - war.

This decision is not only based on practical considerations, but also Guo Huai's own selfishness.

In reality, the Shu soldiers advanced lightly, and there were only 8,000 pioneers, and in Guo Huai's hands, Qin Lang's 5,000 cavalry alone was enough to deal with these 8,000 infantry, not to mention that Guo Huai also held more than 10,000 foot soldiers.

Guo Huai really didn't think that it was difficult to defeat an infantry force of 8,000 people with such superior troops.

In terms of selfishness, Guo Huai's record over the years is also unclear.

Defeated from Liangzhou to Guanzhong, defeated and retreated from Guanzhong to Guannei, all the way to lose.

Although the main leader who was scolded was Cao Zhen, the coach, Guo Huai's reputation was also greatly implicated, and the prestige he played in Liangzhou and Longshan in his early years is basically no longer mentioned.

If he didn't fight a decent victory, and finally was scared away by these 8,000 Shu thieves, Guo Huai felt that he would probably never have the face to lead troops to the battlefield again in his life.

Therefore, it is still necessary to fight, and it must be done quickly.

After making a decision, Guo Huai immediately made adjustments to the current troops.

First of all, Guo Huai suspended the attack on Huaili County, and only sent 4,000 men to monitor the four gates of Huaili County, and the remaining 7,000 soldiers, Guo Huai all gathered back and prepared for battle.

Secondly, Guo Huai sent an envoy to Qin Lang to give an order, telling him to ignore the reinforcements from Chang'an and rush back to join him as soon as possible.

Even if the reinforcements from Chang'an were sent to Huaili, they would not be able to outrun the cavalry, and there would be at least a time difference of about two days in between.

This time difference was enough for Guo Huai to defeat the vanguard of the Northern Army of Shu thieves under Huaili City, and then calmly retreated to the fortress group to defend it.

Anyway, I don't plan to attack Huaili anymore, whether you have support in place or not, Guo Huai really doesn't care.

And with Qin Lang's withdrawal, it also brought Guo Huai quite good news.

According to Qin Lang's words, the reinforcements who came from Chang'an to support Huaili were not strong in combat and had limited organization.

However, after three days of cavalry and archery fighting, the cavalry led by Qin Lang caused about 2,000 casualties, and the Shu thief reinforcements in the camp also showed signs of bombing the camp more than once, but they were quickly pacified.

Qin Lang had also considered taking advantage of the unstable situation of the enemy's camp to launch an attack, but he was worried that this was a deliberate illusion created by the enemy army to lure him into attacking, so he did not dare to act and did not take the initiative to attack.

From Qin Lang's standpoint, Guo Huai can understand Qin Lang's approach - after all, it is the first time to lead troops, and being careful not to make mistakes is the most important thing.

But the information that Qin Lang brought back was enough for the battle-hardened Guo Huai to come to a conclusion - those reinforcements in Chang'an were just a rabble, and their combat strength was worrying, so they really didn't need to take it too seriously.

The reason is simple. It is not uncommon to bomb a camp to lure the enemy, but it is impossible to bomb a camp several times in three days. If you really want to do this, with the organization and discipline of the soldiers of this era, the fake bombing camp will also become the real bombing camp.

Therefore, the reinforcements from Chang'an must have really bombed the battalion, but the ability of the leading generals was not bad, the scale of the bombing battalion was not large, and it was discovered in time, so it was suppressed in a short time.

But at the same time, this also shows that the organization of this army may be worse than that of ordinary county soldiers. After being beaten for three days, the camp was bombed several times, where is there the slightest appearance of a regular army!

Originally, Guo Huai was a little worried that this support soldier would march in a hurry and rush to his flank to attack him, but now it seems that there is no need to worry about this.

How much of a threat can a rabble pose, even if they rush to their flanks?!

What's more, at the speed of this army marching twenty miles a day, by the time they arrived at their flank, it was estimated that they had already withdrawn.

In this way, Guo Huai quickly made adjustments and waited for the arrival of the Northern Army led by Wu Yi.

Wu Yi is indeed in a hurry, and now he is only fifty miles away from Huaili, and there is about a day left, and he can directly face the Wei army besieging the city.

And at this time, Wu Yi did not rush anymore, but slowed down the pace of the march and began to order the soldiers to prepare for battle.

Running over in such a hurry and not making any preparations, isn't that just a chance to give people a chance to face up? Wu Yi is also a famous general in Sichuan, so he will not make such a low-level mistake.

Therefore, Wu Yi is also preparing to fight Wei Jun hard.

The main combat forces on both sides are gearing up, and Liu Yin, who is in Huaili County, is naturally keenly aware of this uneasy breath.

Today's Wei thieves actually did not launch a siege, but simply chose to besiege it?!

What's going on?!

The Wei thief's attack is weak?!

Well, this is impossible, no matter how optimistic and naïve Liu Yin is, he will not have such an illusion when he has been surrounded by people for almost ten days and the city defense has been almost destroyed.

Therefore, it must be that they have reinforcements coming, and the Wei thieves need to break the reinforcements first, and then choose to attack the city.

From Liu Yin's point of view, he didn't know who led the reinforcements and how many people there were.

The entire Huaili City has been surrounded by the Wei army, and Liu Yin has no chance to communicate with the outside world at all.

Liu Yin didn't even know that forty miles to the north of him, there was a reinforcement from Chang'an, where he had been beaten for three days.

Liu Yin could only judge by the direction of the Wei army's vigilance, and the reinforcements probably came from his northwest, as for whether it was the Northern Army in Qinzhou or the follow-up Northern Expeditionary Army in Hanzhong, Liu Yin was not clear.

But it doesn't matter, the arrival of reinforcements is the biggest good thing for the current defenders of Huaili County.

After holding on for ten days, more than forty percent of the soldiers were injured. It's the limit.

If the master of the city was not Liu Yin, or if he didn't have Liu Yin's ability to unite people's hearts in a desperate situation, this Huaili City would have been unable to defend it for a long time.

But even so, Liu Yin didn't feel that he could hold on for more than three more days.

The city defense has been dilapidated, the military spirit is already on the verge of collapse, and if it continues to defend like this, it will collapse sooner or later.

Originally, Liu Yin was still worried, what should he do in the future, whether to lead the army to break through or defend the city, and finally came to reinforcements.

With reinforcements, it can greatly improve the morale of the defending army and give the defending soldiers hope for survival.

Liu Yin immediately spread the news throughout the army, and asked the whole army to sort out their combat preparations and be ready to go out of the city to receive reinforcements at any time.

This is not a special operational requirement, just the most basic response.

If the number of reinforcements is small, the defenders must also cooperate with the reinforcements and open the passage for the reinforcements to retreat into Huaili.

And if the number of reinforcements is large and they want to attack the Wei army in the outer city of the city, the soldiers defending the city must also take the opportunity to go out of the city to respond and attack together with the reinforcements.

Such a response is just a routine response.

And Liu Yin is actually a little worried about such a response.

The number of troops in his hands is really too small, only more than 3,000 people, and he is a defeated army, and he has experienced ten days of brutal defense of the city, and it is really hard to say how much combat power is left.

If you venture out of the city to receive it, you will be taken advantage of by the enemy. That Liu Yin may not even have a chance to return to Huaili City.

Therefore, the battle preparations are done, but it is not necessary to go out of the city to respond, when to go out of the city to respond, Liu Yin needs to judge according to the actual situation.

Even, there is still the possibility of fighting without leaving the city.

And at this time, Liu Yin also faintly lamented. If there were 3,000 more people on hand, why would they be so passive?

However, the reality is like this, and it's useless to think too much, so let's be vigilant and observe the movements of the battlefield outside the city at any time.

I don't know who is leading the army and how many people are there.

(End of chapter)